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Search and Rescue efforts continue in the search for Rachel Merchant-Ly, a Glide Elementary kindergarten teacher whose vehicle was found crashed in the North Umpqua River.
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Eugene Springfield Fire crews say the hiker had fallen and sustained life-threatening injuries.
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Willamalane is reopening Fort Park, Douglas Gardens Park, and all Thurston Hills Natural Area hiking trails Saturday, March 2. Lane County Parks is reopening Howard Buford Recreation Area on Friday, March 15.
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Lane County has a new Emergency Manager. Tiffany Brown started in her position at the beginning of February.
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The bill would exempt from state income taxes any money received as a result of a wildfire-related lawsuit.
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Major insurers in central, southern and eastern Oregon have dramatically pulled back, forcing some homeowners to go to an insurer of last resort
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A new control system allowed Springfield to more quickly assess storm damage to its new streetlightsThe January ice storm threw a monkey wrench into the City of Springfield’s project to replace its 5,000 or so streetlights with new LED fixtures.
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Temperatures stayed above freezing in the Portland area Wednesday night, but several inches of snow fell in the mountains and along parts of the Columbia River Gorge.
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Eugene reopened the parking area for one of the city’s most popular trails Friday afternoon. It had been closed since the ice storm wreaked havoc last month.
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The Springfield Utility Board is facing criticism over its response to the recent ice storm.
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January’s ice storm tested the Eugene Water and Electric Board’s water system on several fronts. There were six water main breaks, one pump failure, and, critically, the utility lost power to its Hayden Bridge filtration plant, and had to run on backup power for 36 hours.
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Lane County’s largest and most popular park is still closed after suffering extensive damage from the ice storm last month.